Plumbing Question

[ErikD]

Is anyone familiar with Quest-Pex? Has it been used in plumbing for anyone's tank? I wonder if it leaches anything from whatever plastics it is made of.

 

[Len]

I'm moving this thread to the GRD where hopefully some experienced hobbyists/plumbers will know better.

 

[reefland]

No idea what Quest-Pex is. Have a link or something handy on it?

 

[Anonymous]

There is always a problem if you use name brand that is not know to everybody... From what I can find, Quest/Pex is a brand of PB (polybutylene :?) tubing that was used in potable water (cold and hot). There was some lawsuit associate with the plumbing (obviously not as good as copper/brass in home applications), but I think it is fine for aquarium if you have no other choice.

 

[ErikD]

The reason I ask... The company I work for builds houses. We get more and more Pex optioned in place of copper. Ofcourse I see tons of scraps laying all over.

 

[reef150]

The Quest-Pex that you can get at Lowes / Home Depot uses brass couplings / fittings - at least for the crimp fittings. I believe that you can get compression couplings that are plastic, but are much larger.

The pipe itself should certainly be fine if you have a way to use it without the crimp couplings....

 

[Anonymous]

I know they are not the same as PP tubing used in icemakers, but maybe Jaco/JohnGuest make fittings for the Pex.... maybe worthwhile to check it out.